Horns Beat Down Bruins

Horns Beat Down Bruins

<span class="StoryTeaser">Tight end D.J. Grant catches three touchdown passes while the Texas defense forces four turnovers.</span>

PASADENA, Calif. -
No. 24/21 Texas (3-0) piled up 488 yards of total offense and forced
four turnovers in a 49-20 victory over UCLA (1-2) Saturday afternoon at
The Rose Bowl.

Quarterback Case McCoy completed 12 of 15 passes for 168 and two touchdowns, both to tight end D.J. Grant, who caught a third touchdown from wide receiver Jaxon Shipley. Running back Malcolm Brown
carried the ball 22 times for 110 yards and a touchdown, while running
back Fozzy Whittaker carried eight times for 63 yards and two
touchdowns, including one for 36 yards. Wide receiver Mike Davis caught three passes for 77 yards.

Texas converted its three first-half interceptions into touchdowns.
Byndum's interception of UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince on the Bruins'
first series of the game gave Texas the ball at the UCLA 45. On 3rd and
10, McCoy threw across his body and found a wide-open Grant for a
45-yard touchdown and a 7-0 Texas lead with 11:20 remaining in the
first quarter.

UCLA drove deep into Texas territory on its next possession, but defensive back Adrian Phillips picked off a pass deflected by safety Blake Gideon
and returned the ball 24 yards to the UT 29. Brown ran for a first down
to the UT 21, and Texas picked up two more first downs before wide
receiver Marquise Goodwin
ran for 20 yards to the UCLA 11. Brown carried for three yards before
Whittaker, on a misdirection, scampered eight yards into the end zone
for a 14-0 Texas lead with 1:56 remaining in the first quarter.

A Vaccaro interception at the end of the first quarter set the
tone for another Longhorns touchdown. On 3rd and 3 from midfield,
quarterback David Ash
hit Shipley for 14 yards and a Texas first down at the UCLA 36. Brown
ran for 13 yards on the next play, and on 3rd and 3 from the UCLA 16,
Brown rumbled into the end zone, despite losing a shoe on the play, and
pushed the Texas lead to 21-0 with 11:36 remaining in the second
quarter.

UCLA inserted quarterback Richard Brehaut in place of Kevin
Prince on the next drive, and the Bruins' drove 74 yards for a
touchdown, as Derrick Coleman scored from one yard out to cut the Texas
lead to 21-7. But, the Longhorns would answer with another touchdown
two possessions later.

On first down from the UT 41, Goodwin ran for 11 yards and a UT
first down. On 3rd and 5 from the UCLA 43, Ash hit Shipley for 12 yards
and another first down. On 3rd and 18 at the UCLA 27, McCoy hit wide
receiver Mike Davis
for 25 yards to the Bruins' 2-yard line. McCoy and Grant connected on
their second touchdown of the day to give Texas a 28-7 lead just before
halftime. UCLA's Jeff Locke booted a 51-yard field goal as the second
quarter expired to cut the Texas lead to 28-10.

Locke added a 49-yard field goal to open the third quarter, but
the Longhorns struck again and found the end zone. Brown carried three
times for 20 yards, and on 3rd and 1 from midfield, a deep pass from
McCoy fell into the hands of Davis after being tapped into the air by
UCLA cornerback Sheldon Price. Davis' catch moved the Horns to the UCLA
5 before Shipley took an end-around and threw to Grant for his third
touchdown of the game, as Texas built a 35-13 lead.

UCLA answered by driving 55 yards and picking up a one-yard
touchdown run from Coleman, his second of the game, to cut the Texas
lead to 35-20. Texas took to the ground on its next possession and
hammered its way into the end zone to answer the Bruins. Shipley
carried for 15 yards to the UT 36, and after two more Texas first
downs, Whittaker took a direct snap and dashed 36 yards for his second
touchdown of the day to stake the Horns to a 42-20 lead.

The Longhorns capped their productive afternoon on offense with a 50-yard drive that culminated with a Cody Johnson 7-yard touchdown that extended the Longhorns' cushion to 49-20.